• A&R -- relating to the artists and repertoire department of a record company; "Capitol sent an A&R man to catch the new act at the Troubadour."
• AFTRA -- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. National labor union representing performers, journalists and other artists working in entertainment and news. "SAG's elected leadership looks to be holding out hope for a merger with AFTRA."
• IATSE -- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (union) (also referred to as just the IA); "Producers and IATSE reps are planning to meet on the issue."
• impresario -- Industry term: Entertainment entrepreneur
• MPA -- Motion Picture Association (international arm of Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA, representing the interests of the Hollywood studios abroad); "The MPA regularly conducts raids on vid pirates around the world."
• MPAA -- Motion Picture Association of America (represents the interests of the major motion picture studios); "The MPAA initiated its ratings system for motion pictures in 1968."
• off-net -- network TV series repeats sold into syndication; " 'Seinfeld' is currently enjoying big success in its off-net run."
• pre-production -- stage at which a motion picture or TV project is prepared to go into production; "The pic has been greenlighted and goes into pre-production Monday."
• prep -- to prepare; "The studio is prepping for the premiere of its new pic."
• rentals -- portion of film grosses that goes to film distributors; also refers to videocassette rentals; "The film has returned over $60 million in rentals to the studio" or "Video retailers report rentals on the title have been strong."
• rep -- (n.) a representative; (v.) to represent; "A rep for the actress had no comment on the deal" or "The actress is repped by the William Morris Agency."

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